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Editor’s Note: For some unknown reason, the author did not specify precisely in what part of the Southwest the events were held. The barbecue was an established institution in the Southwest. It had in no other part of the country so many devotees. There was a charm in the name that would at any time call together a large concourse …

Compiled, and with Notes, by Dave DeWitt Most people believe that barbecue originated in America relatively recently in the history of food. Nothing could be further from the truth, as we can observe in the print above from medieval Italy. If that isn’t barbecue in its purest form, than I just don’t know what barbecue is but meat cooked over …